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Asylum

Asylum

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 6.5

A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replaci...

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The House That Dripped Blood

The House That Dripped Blood

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 6.5

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

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Octopussy

Octopussy

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 6.5

James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants...

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Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 6.5

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her u...

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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 6.5

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he shortly falls into the clutches of Professor Moriarty.

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The Premature Burial

The Premature Burial

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1962 IMDB Rating: 6.5

An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.

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Smooth Talk

Smooth Talk

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 6.5

In the Northern Californian suburbs, free-spirited teenager Connie spends her summer days thinking about boys and arguing with her mom. But her idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirta...

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Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 6.5

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

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Minyan

Minyan

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 6.5

In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his gra...

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My Geisha

My Geisha

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1962 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful L...

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